Casting-gun.



APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 15. 191i.

P. GRAY.

CASTlNG GUN.

l Patented Mar. 4, 1913.

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1 'o aZZw/wm'g't me., eminem Be 1t known thatl l, Pannen GRAY, citizen of the United States, residing. at No. 735 4Spring 'st-reet, Je'ersonyille, in the county o Clark and State or Indiana, have invented a new and useful Casting-Gun, of which the following is a specication;

- .Thisin-vention relates to aniniproveni'ent in casting devices for fishing lines. The primary object of the invention is to provide a c'astingfgu'n which maybe attached to a fishing rod and which receivesthe sinker attached 4to the line and prdjects thesame upon the operation of a 'releasing mechanism. .i

`A further-object -of the invention is to provide .a projecting mechanism which may be readily set by the insertion of the Sinkel',c

the construction being s iicli ,that it maybeconvenientlv carried on a fishing rod without materially'addiiig to the weight of the' barrel and provided with the resilient iingers S65- which engage' therodl .It will be r'od or interfering with the use of the rod.'

j In the drawings: Figli tion; Fig. 2.aV longitudinal section; and Fig. 3- a section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.: In the drawings 10 designates a easing or barrel the bore 11 of which isl of a diameter slightly greater than that of the'usual fish7 an opening 12 through` which a plunger 13 The' plunger is provided on its ing line siiiker- .One end of the barrel is closed, the closed endbeing provided with extends. terminal which is. housed-within the barrel with a head 14, a coil spring 15 being inter-` posed between said head 'and the end wall 16 of the barrel. The terminal of the plunger remote fronr-the head 14v is provided with a button or stop 17,'the-face 18 of which abuts the outer face 'of the end wali 16 otlecasing'whenjthe spring is extended.

The barrel is slot-ted from its open end to a point adjacent its closed end 12, the distance betWeent-he terminal 19 of the slot 20 and the end Wall 12 being consistent with the length of the. s ring 15 when it is coin` pressed. A plurality of lugs-'21am secured.

to or formed integral with the easing, there being a lug `disposedon either side ofv the slot 20 adjacent its terminal. are apertured to receive a pivot pin 22 on which is pivotally mounted a trigger ,23.

re 1 is a side eleva These' lugsv movement .o the plunger.

'The spring is compressed b'y of sinker 26 which is `secured tov the' 2.

:The sinker is insertedwithin the "in s, vvertical position-thatv is, with the closed endfdown--the sinker either of siiili' cient Weight or forced within the barrel t 'such 'an .extent to engage the head 14 ofthe er to compress the spring 15 wlierejit'l plu may engagedbythe trigger. e

'The sinker is placed intermediate-the `ends of the line and 'the vportion' 28 of "the line passes within the Slot'20.

The barrel is securedto the shin rod by x means of clips 29 which are secure to the noted by; this construction that thee-barrel may be readily positioned' on .the rod, the

'arrangement' being such that the operation of the device inno way aects theuse of the rod. Attention is also called to 4the feet that "the construction issuch as may be easily and' economically manufactured and that 'the various parts may be readily assembled.. i

lVlfliatIclaim'is: v 1. A casting gun for' iishingflinesfc'oni prising a barrel, one end of which is open,"

there being a slot arranged in 'the barrel, the slot extending'to a point adjacent the closed end of the bari-el, a plunger arranged within the barrel, said plunger being provided with a head, resilient means for norF inally maintainingtlie head adjacent'the open endo the; barrel, and :means for. main vtaining the head at` a point adjacent the I closed end of the barrel. Y 2; A casting gun' for fishing 'lines comprising a barrel, plunger disposed within` the barrel, said plunger-.being provided with a head, thebarrel being formed withl e closed end through whichthe plunger eX- tends, a coiled vspring interposed between the head andthe closed endoi? the barrel, a stop arranged on the terminal ofthe plunger ref mote from the head and disposed to Contact to maintain the spring compressed between Vith the outer face of the end wall of the the hed and the end Wall.

arrel the barrel being slotted 'from its 4- 1 Li T open nd to a point adjacent its closed end, a! RLMLR GR" H5 and a trigger pvotally supported by the Witnesses:

barrel and arranged to extend Within the FRY L. CURRY, barrel and engage the head of theplunger EL G. WILKINSQN. 

